The Bristol Breakroom
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Clients and Executive Recruiters: How to Create a Successful Partnership
This year marks Bristol Associates’ 50th year in business. As experts in Executive Search, our experience has taught us a few things about the recruitment business. One that stands out is that a successful search is best achieved when there is a cooperative partnership between...
Do Job Candidates Care About Company Culture?
By Kristina Paudler, Director of Hospital & Healthcare Recruitment Two years ago, “Culture” was Time Magazine’s “Word of the Year.” Today, the term “Company Culture” is pervasive when describing enterprises worldwide. There are various definitions of Company Culture but...
Traveling Right: New Bristol Executive Placement
Bristol’s Senior Vice President, Kelly Nelson, recently placed a new Vice President Sales Strategy with Pleasant Holidays. Pleasant, a leader in the hospitality, travel and tourism industries, considers the VP Sales to be a partner to the President & CEO. The VP Sales...
Munchery Adds a New Ingredient: The Latest Bristol Placement
San Francisco-based Munchery, the leader in gourmet-quality home-meal delivery, is ramping up for growth. Their dynamic new CEO, James Beriker, is assembling a top executive team. Backed by VC firms: Sherpa Capital, Menlo Ventures and e.Ventures, Munchery placed an order for a...
Ask a Recruiter: What Do You Wish You Never Had to Tell a Candidate?
There are probably a million reasons a candidate doesn’t get hired. Some reasons lay with the client (the opening has been put on hold), and some rest with the candidate (lack of relevant experience, for example). As executive recruiters, the Bristol team regularly interacts...
On the Money: Bristol’s New Healthcare Placement
Established in 1988, the Stars Behavioral Health Group is a for-profit Behavioral and Mental Health organization with over 22 Program sites in California. They are mindful of succession in their company as several senior executives will be exiting within the next few years....
Sweet! Bristol Makes 3 New Executive Placements at Bubbies Ice Cream
Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts, founded in 1985, is the leading US food and beverage provider of premium mochi ice cream. On January 4th of this year, Bubbies was sold by its original owner to private equity firm Kenex Holdings. Bristol Associates’ Peter Stern, on a...
Social Media and Getting Hired (or Not)
by Nora Bright Social media and our online presence is an ever-increasing phenomenon. People on both sides of hiring, employers and candidates, spend more and more time engaged online. Candidates are looking for openings and researching companies; employers are looking for...
New Placement: Bristol “Hops” to It!
Al and Jerry Lapin opened their first International House of Pancakes in 1958. Five decades later, there are 1,650 IHOP restaurants across the globe. IHOP’s parent company, DineEquity, also owns the Applebee’s brand name. Bristol has worked extensively with DineEquity, having...